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The etymology of our English word heal is in the Proto-Germanic word hailijaną , meaning to make whole, to save. There is something assuring and beautiful in that expression - “make whole.” Newtons 3rd law of thermodynamics says that can’t happen without outside intervention. All are on a one-way trip to chaos and brokenness. But there is that outside intervention, a source outside of this world,...

Khabane Lame, a slender Senegalese man with long limbs and an expressive face living with his parents in Chivasso, Italy, has stolen the hearts of the world. “Khaby” Lame lost his job at a factory in the lockdown and began posting videos of himself on TikTok. At first, they were clips of himself dancing or doing comedy stunts. Then earlier this year he began making fun of the life-hack videos that...

Albert Einstein was finally convinced to present to a group of mathematicians at Princeton on some aspects of tensor analysis (a tool essential to the mathematical treatment of relativity theory). A small announcement was posted. But word spread quickly and widely. When the day came the small hall was packed with others waiting outside. Sitting on the front row, Einstein looked back in surprise an...

Conventional Christian spirituality has a list of common Do’s and Don’ts. Do pray often to have a thriving spiritual life. Do go to church every week to be a good Christian. Do worship in a certain way to honor God. Do read the Bible every day for x -amount of time. Don’t use certain instruments in worship. Don't sing certain songs. Don’t talk about certain topics. Don’t broadcast your imperfectio...

According to the standard list, the seven deadly sins are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth (laziness, inactivity). Warning: These are best found in others and seem almost extinct in oneself. But really, what if God’s greatest concern was to find these in me and not get rid of them but replace them with an entirely and permanently different character. To take the deadly sins and...

September 11, 2001, and the death of nearly 3,000 people in the attack using commercial airplanes has been a date that draws a line in history. If you were old enough to be cognizant of life, you remember where you were that Tuesday morning. The two words emerging from the wreckage and the stories was the cry Never Forget . These two words originated after the holocaust and have been repeated thro...

The now iconic Instagram picture of Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee in her fatigues, holding a rifle, calming an infant during an evacuation at Hamid KarzaiInternational’s Airport in Kabul is now one of the last her heartbroken father has of her. Originally from Sacramento and based out of Camp Lejeune, Sgt. Gee died six days later in a bombing which killed 12 other service members. Her father, Richard Her...

In 1860 a novel titled Say and Seal written by Susan Warner included a poem that had been written by the author’s younger sister, Anna Bartlett Warner. The poem was included in the novel as words spoken to comfort a dying child. A few years later a tune and a chorus was added by William Batchelder Bradbury, and we have never stopped singing “Jesus loves me this I know.” United States Marines tell...

How does God do it!? How does He handle the hurt of the world - where each individual is known to him by name. Haiti, for some of us is a country that we feel bad for and have a handful of friends from. But for God, Haiti isn’t a neighboring country, it’s His children. Afghanistan, isn’t a trouble spot in the Middle East that just need sensitive and strong foreign policy, it’s His family. He knows...

You’ve heard the tale. A girl was ill. She needed a blood transfusion to save her life. Her brother, having the same type of blood was asked if he would give his blood. Without hesitation, the young boy answered, “Sure!” After the transfusion was completed, the brother turned to the doctor and asked softly, “Now, sir, when will I die?” It took only a moment for the doctor to realize the young boy...

At first the words on the blackboard seemed just a bit out of focus. Then even that became a challenge. Looking up from the Hebrew text, and out the window to rest my weary eyes, the apartment building across the way was kind of clear, and kind of fuzzy. Maybe, I needed to get my eyes checked I thought. I did eventually get my eyes checked, Oh, yes! I indeed needed glasses. After getting the glass...

Welcome: Reader’s Digest in Canada (apparently there is a Canadian version of the loved little journal - you know those Canadians) in March included an article by Lauren Gelman about staying healthy and keeping life full of life. First on Gelman’s list was, giggle. Wouldn’t you know, besides being the best medicine, laughter increases the number of antibodies in the mucus in the respiratory passag...

We are so glad that you have come to join us in worship at Campion Church. We hope that you find it a place of encouragement and hope. We wish to be a community that encourages all who join us. We seek to bring hope and uplifting as we express our shared faith in Jesus Christ. But fundamentally we find ultimate encouragement and hope in the person of Christ. Today as we review the miracle of the l...

Miracle stories are fantastic things to share. There is something incredible about seeing crystal clear evidence of God's omnipotence and omnipresence. Some of these great acts are recorded in Scripture, and we can also see evidence of His miraculous handiwork in our lives today. As many of our kids grow up singing, "He healed the broken-hearted and set the captive free, He made the lame to walk a...

This week we will look at 'Reclaiming Your Thirst for God.' Perhaps something unexpected in your life has left you thirsty spiritually. Today our Saviour invites you to come and have your thirst quenched.

We are a tough crowd. Maybe in several respects. But when it comes to miracles, we (I (if you must)) are a tough crowd. We have in many instances concluded that a miracle is external and/or visible, is for our benefit or at least someone we know and that a miracle is not something that happens everyday (like the sun coming up), not something that closes a door or is painful, cannot be explained, a...

The Latin word mirus is translated in English as full of wonder (wonderful), and is the word from which we get our English word miracle. This summer we are reflecting as a community, on the Maker of miracles, the Maker of the wonderful. Isaiah 9:6 declares the name of Jesus, the miracle Maker, as Wonderful. Could it be that while we have understood the miracles of Jesus as some sort of extra speci...

The Bible is full of beautiful and exciting highs for God and His people. We celebrate many victories and miracles and other amazing stories throughout the pages of Scripture, and they are easy to acknowledge because they’re joyous signs that good has won. But the Bible is not exclusively blue skies & butterflies; there are valleys between the mountains where God’s people literally and metapho...

While the school year might have ended recently, Campion Church is committed to GROWing all year round! We are excited to kick off the summer with our annual Vacation Bible School. We were blessed to connect with over 70 young people each morning; and teach them to be "Kids of Courage.” Today's worship service is a graduation of sorts, celebrating their accomplishments during VBS and encouraging t...

The banned missionary by Michael Taylor

Bloggers Marc & Angel share the story of stopping to talk to a lady that they would run past every Sunday morning on their jog around a lake near their home. Curious as to what she did every week they approached her. At her feet was a metal trap with several turtles walking around it. In her lap was still another turtle; she had a brush and was scrubbing its shell. After their question, the la...

According to an article in Scientific American, the dolphin in sleep can turn off half their brain and close one eye. It is a part awake and part asleep state of being. Sometimes it feels like we are all living in that state. This week young people from our campus are going to, through sharing their testimonies, call us to be alive fully and recognize what God is doing in our own stories. For it r...

It’s a great story. Attila Bosnyak is from the Netherlands, and is vacationing in Goa, India. He spots a person in distress in the ocean, and being a strong swimmer, heads out. He also alerts a lifeguard who joins him together in saving Nupur Gupta, a woman who was one of the exercise instructors at the resort. After the rescue there’s a moment of celebration and then a long conversation and weeks...

Today we welcome Pastor Michael and Anndrea Taylor as well as their delightful children, 6-year-old Hannah, a set of 4.5- year--old twins, Hayley and Heidi, and the almost 2-year-old duo of Hudson and Holly. The Taylors are moving from Michigan. Pastor Mike will lead our discipleship and family ministries, that include our Sabbath schools, Grow Groups, HMS Elementary School, and Pathfinders/Advent...

No more fear series by Nestor Soriano from April 28, 29, 30, 2021.